Shocking moment rookie cop opens fire on startled 17-year-old eating a burger with his girlfriend in McDonald's parking lot: San Antonio officer is fired and teen is hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Shocking video shows the moment that 17-year-old Erik Cantu was shot multiple times by a police officer in San Antonio on Sunday night
- Cantu was sitting in his car eating a cheeseburger outside of McDonald's alongside a female companion when Officer James Brennand approached the car and told him to get out
- As the pair struggled, Brennand fired his weapon five times, wounding Cantu
- Prior to the release of the bodycam footage of the shooting, the officer maintained he only fired his weapon after he was hit by Cantu's car
- On Wednesday, Brennand, a probationary officer who was on the job for seven months, was fired from the San Antonio Police Department
- At the time of writing, Cantu is listed as being critical but stable condition
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-08 |